But if there was a single highlight it would have to be our first ever Open Mic spot when Phoebe Stevenson – one of the North West’s youngest and most accomplished writers – delivered two unforgettable and original poems.

The evening was wrapped up by We4Poets own Tez Skachill playing songs from his eagerly awaited forthcoming EP. Watch this space.

We4Poets return to the bar on Saturday 7th March. There will be singing of songs, telling of tales, and the odd poem or two in what has got to be Manchester’s most amazing performance venue.

The Three Minute Theatre – or 3MT – is a quirky little theatre inside Manchester’s indie mecca, Afflecks Palace. Seating 70 and licensed for 100, 3MT plays host to plays, airs a radio station, is the originator of the Flim Night (sic), boasts a Shakespearean Repertory Company, and welcomes poets, artists, musicians and writers.

We4Poets will be performing at the 3MT on Friday 24 April 2015.

On Saturday 7th March (7.30 ’til late) we are celebrating the birthday of We4Poet leg end David Llewellyn. Come along, raise a glass, get on stage or simply dance. Dance as if everyone is watching, which they are, no matter what you may have heard.

We4Poets friend, performer, publisher and writer, Sharon Richards hosts monthly storytelling evenings at the Moorfield Pub, 131 Marsland Road, Sale, South Manchester, M33 3NW. The Success Stories Storytelling Club is probably the friendliest event in town with story-tellers old and new welcome to share a tale.

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Some say the word genius is bandied about too freely. It was used to describe Leonardo Da Vinci – a man who couldn’t get his helicopter off the ground. It was used to describe William Shakespeare – who had to invent new words just to get his couplets to rhyme. It was used to describe Charles Darwin – a moderate middleweight who failed to step up to the higher divisions.

In our experience there is only one true genius and anyone who has seen Kat Kehoe beat three defenders to the line before swinging in a pinpoint cross will appreciate the poetry in motion that is Kat Kehoe.

Kat has now taken her flair from the pitch and applied it to the page. Experimental lingerie designer, raconteur and extreme gardener, Kat is one of the brightest voices of her generation.

Kat was landed in the fishing port of Fleetwood on the shores of Lancashire’s Fylde coast . She spent her early years in and around the small village of Thornton where she invented chocolate. With an endless beach, a multi-coloured seaside town and the her very own griffin, Kat soon discovered rhymes for circle, angst and plankton.

Having got her helicopter in the air, Kat flew to Manchester where she happily lives with her 3 young children and her even younger partner. She now spends her time being creative, sharing her toys, making jam but most especially writing poetry.